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History Quiz #509

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 15 October 2018

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Q1. When was the first public passenger train run in India?

A
1949
B
1928
C
1853
D
1832
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Q2. Labour laws in the UK and France in 1833 and 1841 respectively prohibited employment (in certain types of factories) of people below which age?

A
18
B
12
C
21
D
9 (UK) and 8 (France)
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Q3. Which British laws introduced by the Importation Act of 1815 and repealed in 1846 are examples of British mercantilism, the abolition of which marked a significant step towards free trade?

A
The Act of Succession
B
The Cat and Mouse Act
C
The Acts of Union
D
The Corn Laws
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Q4. At the end of the 20th century Macau was returned to China by which country?

A
Russia
B
Spain
C
The UK
D
Portugal
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Q5. In 1840 a two masted square rigged gunship, the HMS Britomart under Commander Owen Stanley, was sent to Akaroa on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. For what reason?

A
To forestall an armed French claim to sovereignty over the South Island
B
To take the Treaty of Waitangi, newly signed in the north, for signing by South Island Maori
C
For military exercises with the French
D
To serve as a whaler
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Q6. Robert Mugabe served as Prime Minister and then President in Zimbabwe after 1980; when did he step down?

A
1999
B
2018
C
2017
D
Never, he died in office
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Q7. When French politician Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès called in 1799 for "a sabre", what or who was his solution?

A
Napoléon Bonaparte
B
Maximilien Robespierre
C
The guillotine
D
Jean-Paul Marat
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